I’ve heard people describe FBR as a story stock. Well, this is a very interesting chapter.
Mike, the CEO, is a good salesman when he gets going and he does in this interview. He’s transparent that he doesn’t know exactly what the next chapter will look like.
https://www.therobotreport.com/advancing-the-world-of-construction-robotics/
Time stamps:
23:40) Background, technology, benefits to builder of locking in a price and time for his walls, hopes and dreams for global adoption.
56:20) Upcoming Florida demo builds of 10 houses in the next 4 to 8 weeks for 3 well known building names, to be witnessed by industry and US investors.
‘From there some decisions are going to made…we are going to gauge the interest…
…The question is: If this machine was available, if you could order your walls from a service provider at a known time and price, would you use it?
If the answer is yes, then we will put things in place to order the first 20 machines.’
My take:
This is the end of the beginning for FBR. I think the odds are favourable that the technology will find a partner or a taker. US google searches for FBR are just ticking up.
P.S. One quirk of the way this robot lays blocks or bricks which it took me some time to grasp - at present, the walls need rendering after (because adhesive is applied to the tops and bottoms of blocks, but not the sides, and perhaps the adhesive drips). In Florida, rendered ‘stucco’ block walls are the standard.
You also need space for a truck within 30m of the walls. I’d be glad to hear if someone spots anything else, I am not a builder.